Table 3. — Investments, inventories, expenses, and receipts of 24 Maine weirs, 



1956 and 1957 

 [In dollars] 



Weir 



capital 



1957 



Gross receipts 



1956 



1957 Average 



Net receipts 



1956 



1957 



Average 



3,047 

 3,230 

 2,655 

 10,820 

 3,963 

 2,160 

 4,142 

 3,703 

 3,549 

 1,889 

 4,496 

 5,927 

 3,117 

 6,828 

 3,115 

 3,248 

 3,603 

 6,913 

 2,858 

 4,224 

 2,111 

 4,457 

 1,183 

 3,092 



1,703 

 1,703 

 1,500 



3,000 

 6,373 

 7,648 

 3,994 

 3,561 

 2,065 



9,669 

 1,921 

 2,505 

 326 

 7,595 



1,309 



1,465 



700 



676 

 2,700 

 3,169 

 1,445 

 1,477 

 3,055 

 1,358 

 2,817 

 7,377 

 1,055 

 1,990 



451 

 2,297 

 1,600 

 1,565 



263 



1,584 



851 

 1,100 



338 

 2,850 

 4,771 

 4,547 

 2,736 

 3,308 

 1,711 

 1,409 

 8,523 

 1,488 

 2,248 



388 

 4,946 



800 

 1,437 



132 



683 



1,039 



1,437 



-660 



2,440 



5,862 



6,451 



3,023 



2,908 



1,036 



-301 



6,968 



1,348 



605 



-85 



7,059 



122 



Total 94,330 



Average 3,930 



54,872 

 2,286 



35,460 

 1,478 



45,167 

 1,882 



39,935 

 1,664 



19,887 

 829 



29,911 

 1,246 



■"■ Patent weirs. These weirs did not catch any herring in 1956 and 1957, but were ready 

 to be put into fishing condition if fish appeared in the area. Fishing condition means 

 putting twine around the stakes, a task that requires several tides to accoii5)lish. 



